Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has begun targeting and detaining Haitians in Springfield, Ohio after President Donald Trump revoked their legal status, with at least 29 detained as of Friday last week. Theresa Hice-Fromille, a board member of the Haitian Community Help and Support Center in Springfield, confirmed that 29 Haitian people had been […]
Democratic candidate for governor Dr. Amy Acton is promising to tackle corruption in Ohio if elected this November. On Wednesday, Acton shared a series of executive actions she’d take on day one through executive orders. “We’ve got a lot of work to do,” Acton told reporters at a Columbus event. “But I think walking in […]
The Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles has changed the way in which gender is noted on drivers licenses and state identification cards, in a move transgender advocates say was made without notice, announcement, or transition period. A certification form called a Declaration of Gender Change no longer qualifies as a method to update the gender […]
Youth sports have been in the spotlight recently, with even U.S. Senators talking about the high costs and the strain they put on families. While much of the conversation has focused on expensive travel teams and club sports, a growing financial barrier to participation exists within public schools. High school students who want to represent […]
Every morning in the Ohio Capital Journal’s free newsletter, The Eye-Opener, we round up the news and commentary from across Ohio and around the country and world that is catching our attention. We call this feature Catching Our Eye, republished here. Please subscribe to our free daily newsletter to get all the Ohio news you need to know […]
Progressive California state lawmaker Aisha Wahab made history last week in a special election that will make her the first Afghan American in Congress. Wahab overcame a flood of attack ads from pro-Israel groups to beat her Democratic rival, Melissa Hernandez, in a race to replace disgraced Congressmember Eric Swalwell, who resigned in April amid […]
Progressive state Representative Angie Nixon pulled off a stunning victory in Florida last week, defeating the establishment-backed centrist candidate Alexander Vindman to win the state’s Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Vindman, a former Army intelligence officer who testified during Trump’s first impeachment trial, raised more than 16 times as much campaign money as Nixon. In […]
The Montreal City Council is set to debate a controversial motion Monday calling on the Canadian city to suspend all institutional ties with the Israeli government. Avi Lewis, a leading Jewish Canadian politician and head of the progressive New Democratic Party, says it’s a reflection of widespread outrage among Canadians over Israel’s actions across the […]
The U.S.-Canada trade war is deepening after talks collapsed without a deal on Friday. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused the Trump administration of issuing demands that would compromise Canada’s sovereignty and undermine key industries. On Saturday, the United States slapped 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of imports from Canada, and Carney announced […]
Iran Condemns U.S. Sanctions Ahead of Trump Administration’s “Economic D-Day”, Israel Continues Attacks on Gaza, with Children Among the Dead and Wounded, Israel’s Ben-Gvir Celebrates Construction of Gallows Where Palestinians Will Be Hanged, Syria and Israel Hold U.S.-Brokered Talks Amid Israeli Strikes, “We Were Attacked”: Canadian Premier Announces Retaliatory Tariffs After U.S. Halts Trade Talks, […]
Haley Van Erem, a former career attorney in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, has filed a complaint claiming the Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism pushed universities into massive settlements despite turning up little to no evidence of anti-Jewish discrimination on campus. Van Erem said in her complaint that the government’s probes […]
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